A new management study on workplace conflict by researchers at the University of British Columbia found that both men and women think office disputes between ladies are "more disruptive to office life" than fights between men or between a man and a woman. »2/22/13 4:40pm 2/22/13 4:40pm

Before last night's debate finally ugh'd its way into the record books, the Presidential candidates' wives greeted one another onstage. And when First Lady Michelle Obama and First Romney Ann Romney met to shake hands, camera flashes captured every pursed lip, every microexpression. The pictures of the two tell a… »10/04/12 6:00pm 10/04/12 6:00pm

Residents of Houston, ready your pearls for the clutching: it turns out that one of the city's newspapers had in its employ a woman who, while spending her days writing about society goings-on, was spending her nights taking her clothes off for a living. And the writer's secret life as an "active stripper" was… »3/26/12 7:00pm 3/26/12 7:00pm

Things are getting ugly in the race for Senate in Virginia. Some mysterious organization has launched a vicious attack ad against Hank, the cat who's entered into the race. And they're not afraid to get personal. For instance, they take him to task for never releasing his birth certificate or tax returns, and then… »3/01/12 11:15pm 3/01/12 11:15pm

Seeing a house cat stand up to an alligator is pretty impressive, but the humans nearby are surprisingly nonchalant about letting a kid stand a few feet from the action. Our cats' fear of the vacuum cleaner doesn't inspire confidence. »11/15/10 7:22pm 11/15/10 7:22pm

Flight attendants in Thailand are demanding that a new soap opera, The Air Hostess Wars, be taken off the air after three episodes because they find the show offensive and demeaning. After watching a clip, one can see their point, though the show appears to be, in a word, awesome. Noppadol Thaungthong, a Thai Airways… »1/22/08 11:45am 1/22/08 11:45am

We have always felt a special kinship with Rosie O'Donnell: Her nice-but-outsider persona, her devotion to children's causes, her contempt for Republicans, her adoration of Barbra Streisand. And of course her ability to lay out the smackdown. Seriously, we were already counting down the days 'til her memoir Celebrity…»9/11/07 2:45pm 9/11/07 2:45pm